COMPLICATIONS AT MEDSTAR UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Baltimore, MD 21218
Complications
MEDSTAR UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
201 East University Parkway Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: (410) 554-2227
The complication measures at Medstar Union Memorial Hospital provide information about the medical problems some inpatients might experience while admitted in the hospital. Admitted patients sometimes get other injuries, conditions or complications that may be life threatening. When hospitals follow best practices for treating patients, serious complications are often prevented.
The complication measures evaluate serious events such as healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and complications after certain surgical procedures.
Surgical Complications
The measures for surgical complications provide information about the problems developed by patients after having certain surgical procedures and how often those patients that were admitted with certain conditions died while they were in the hospital. These surgical complications can often be prevented if hospitals follow procedures based on best practices and scientific evidence.
Measure | Hospital Average | How this Hospital Compares |
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Complications for hip/knee replacement patients | 2.8% Measure: Complications for hip/knee replacement patients Sample data was collected between 04/01/2011 and 03/31/2014 | No different than the National Rate of 3.1% Percentage of complications for hip/knee replacement patients, some of the complications include: heart attack, infection, pneumonia, serious blood clots, wounds that split open or bleed after surgery, replacement hip/knee joints that don't work, etc. Higher rates of these serious complications might be a sign of lesser quality hospital care. |
Healthcare Associated Infections
The healthcare-associated infections (HAI) measures provide information on infections that happen while the patient is in the hospital. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects this information and encourages hospitals to use CDC-recommended infection control steps to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Measure | Hospital Average | How this Hospital Compares |
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Bloodstream Infections | 0.000 Measure: Bloodstream Infections Sample data was collected between 01/01/2015 and 03/31/2015 | No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in CLABSIs is best. |
Bloodstream Infections in ICU Only | 0.247 Measure: Bloodstream Infections in ICU Only Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015 | Better than the National Benchmark of 1 Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs only A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in CLABSIs is best. |
Catheter Urinary Tract Infections | 0.480 Measure: Catheter Urinary Tract Infections Sample data was collected between 01/01/2015 and 03/31/2015 | No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in CAUTIs is best. |
Catheter Urinary Tract Infections in ICU Only | 0.389 Measure: Catheter Urinary Tract Infections in ICU Only Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015 | Better than the National Benchmark of 1 Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) in ICUs only A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in CAUTIs is best. |
Infection from Colon Surgery | 0.434 Measure: Infection from Colon Surgery Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015 | No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Surgical Site Infection from colon surgery (SSI: Colon) A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in SSIs is best. |
MRSA Infections | 2.104 Measure: MRSA Infections Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015 | Worse than the National Benchmark of 1 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Blood Laboratory-identified Events (Bloodstream infections) A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in MRSA is best. |
Intestinal infections | 1.079 Measure: Intestinal infections Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015 | No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Clostridium difficile (C.diff.) Laboratory-identified Events (Intestinal infections) A lower number is better better. A score of zero is best. |
- [8] The lower limit of the confidence interval cannot be calculated if the number of observed infections equals zero.